Merritt - City, British Columbia, Canada - Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 6,530
This city:

93.0%
British Columbia:

89.8%
Male: 3,265
Here:

94.1%
Province:

90.9%
Female: 3,265
Here:

92.0%
Province:

88.7%
English and French
Total: 445
Here:

6.3%
British Columbia:

6.8%
Male: 180
Here:

5.2%
British Columbia:

6.2%
Female: 260
Here:

7.3%
Province:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 45
This city:

0.6%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 25
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

2.8%
Female: 25
Here:

0.7%
Province:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in Merritt

First official language spoken

English
Total: 6,870
This city:

97.9%
British Columbia:

95.1%
Male: 3,395
This city:

98.0%
Province:

95.7%
Female: 3,475
This city:

97.9%
British Columbia:

94.6%
French
Total: 100
This city:

1.4%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Male: 45
Here:

1.3%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 50
This city:

1.4%
Province:

1.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 45
This city:

0.6%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 25
This city:

0.7%
Province:

2.7%
Female: 25
This city:

0.7%
Province:

3.8%

First official language spoken in this city

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 6,135
This city:

87.5%
British Columbia:

70.3%
Male: 3,030
Here:

87.3%
Province:

71.4%
Female: 3,110
Here:

87.6%
British Columbia:

69.2%
French
Total: 120
Here:

1.7%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Male: 55
This city:

1.6%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Female: 65
Here:

1.8%
British Columbia:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 65
This city:

0.9%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Male: 35
This city:

1.0%
British Columbia:

1.5%
Female: 30
This city:

0.8%
British Columbia:

1.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Arabic
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Cantonese
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

3.1%
Czech
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 45
This city:

0.6%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 20
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 25
This city:

0.7%
Province:

0.5%
German
Total: 95
Here:

1.4%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 50
This city:

1.4%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Female: 50
This city:

1.4%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Gujarati
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Hindi
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Hungarian
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Italian
Total: 35
This city:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 20
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 15
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Japanese
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Korean
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

1.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

1.2%
Latvian
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.3%
Nepali
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 275
Here:

3.9%
Province:

4.2%
Male: 140
Here:

4.0%
Province:

4.3%
Female: 135
Here:

3.8%
British Columbia:

4.1%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Polish
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Russian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Spanish
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

1.8%
Ukrainian
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Other languages
Total: 50
This city:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 20
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 30
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.4%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 6,605
This city:

94.1%
British Columbia:

80.5%
Male: 3,265
This city:

94.2%
Province:

81.1%
Female: 3,335
Here:

93.9%
British Columbia:

79.9%
French
Total: 25
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 20
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 80
This city:

1.1%
British Columbia:

3.6%
Male: 35
Here:

1.0%
Province:

3.5%
Female: 45
This city:

1.3%
Province:

3.6%
Afrikaans
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.2%
German
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Gujarati
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Korean
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 10
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.9%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

1.8%
Nepali
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 195
This city:

2.8%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Male: 100
Here:

2.9%
Province:

3.2%
Female: 95
Here:

2.7%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Spanish
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Other languages
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 6,580
Here:

93.7%
Province:

85.9%
Male: 3,245
Here:

93.5%
Province:

86.3%
Female: 3,330
Here:

93.8%
Province:

85.4%
English
Total: 120
This city:

1.7%
British Columbia:

5.7%
Male: 65
This city:

1.9%
British Columbia:

5.7%
Female: 50
This city:

1.4%
British Columbia:

5.7%
French
Total: 75
This city:

1.1%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 30
This city:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 45
Here:

1.3%
British Columbia:

0.9%
French and non-official language
Total: 15
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Ojibway
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.7%
Danish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
German
Total: 25
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 15
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 10
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Hindi
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Japanese
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Korean
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 65
This city:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Male: 35
This city:

1.0%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 30
This city:

0.8%
Province:

0.8%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Other languages
Total: 45
This city:

0.6%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 20
This city:

0.6%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 20
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Dene
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 3,870
Here:

97.6%
British Columbia:

95.4%
Male: 2,010
Here:

97.8%
Province:

95.6%
Female: 1,860
Here:

97.6%
British Columbia:

95.2%
French
Total: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 10
This city:

0.5%
Province:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 15
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 10
This city:

0.5%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 10
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Non-official language
Total: 65
This city:

1.6%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 40
This city:

1.9%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Female: 25
This city:

1.3%
Province:

3.3%

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